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R&D decisions and productivity growth: Evidence from Switzerland and the Netherlands
Dobbelaere, Sabien; König, Michael D.; Spescha, Andrin; … - 2023
-productivity firms in Switzerland. Innovation support sustains firms' R&D activities in both countries. Our structural growth model … identifies the impact of innovation, imitation and R&D costs on firms' R&D decisions. R&D costs gained importance in Switzerland … prioritize enhancing innovation and imitation success over cost reduction to boost productivity growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469854
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The Role of Performance Appraisals in Motivating Employees
Kamphorst, Jurjen J.A.; Swank, Otto H. - 2012
In many organizations, reward decisions depend on subjective performance evaluations. However, evaluating an employee's performance is often difficult. In this paper, we develop a model in which the employee is uncertain about his own performance and about the manager's ability to assess him....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326329
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Don't demotivate, discriminate
Kamphorst, Jurjen J. A.; Swank, Otto H. - 2014
This paper offers a new theory of discrimination in the workplace. We consider a manager who has to assign two tasks to two employees. The manager has superior information about the employees' abilities. We show that besides an equilibrium where the manager does not discriminate, equilibria...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377199
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Don't Demotivate, Discriminate
Kamphorst, Jurjen J.A; Swank, Otto H. - 2014
This paper offers a new theory of discrimination in the workplace. We consider a manager who has to assign two tasks to two employees. The manager has superior information about the employees' abilities. We show that besides an equilibrium where the manager does not discriminate, equilibria...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014037675